Why is this surprising?

As distasteful and racist as this painting is, it's from 1929. Why is it being talked about as shocking? 1929 was a far cry from today. I'm surprised that there aren't more pictures like this from that era.

As distasteful and racist as this painting is, it's from 1929. Why is it being talked about as shocking? 1929 was a far cry from today. I'm surprised that there aren't more pictures like this from that era.

As distasteful and racist as this painting is, it's from 1929. Why is it being talked about as shocking? 1929 was a far cry from today. I'm surprised that there aren't more pictures like this from that era.

Maybe there are more paintings, but the liberals have already silenced any chance they had of being auctioned/sold off.

Dr. Seuss was a persona not a person. I'm used to thinking about Dr. Suess in connection to Green Egg & Ham, and not a racist cartoon.

I was a bit surprised when I saw that too.

Would it lead you to not read his books to your kids? I'd have to think about it...I imagine that every prominent white American writer from that era was equally as racist so books from that time would be pretty limited if the criteria was based on the author's feelings about race.

Would it lead you to not read his books to your kids? I'd have to think about it...I imagine that every prominent white American writer from that era was equally as racist so books from that time would be pretty limited if the criteria was based on the author's feelings about race.

Naw, I'd still read them to kids because I love those books.

It was surprising because it was something I didn't know, and didn't expect.

Was everyone "equally racist" at the time? I don't know. I suspect that the levels of racism between the Emancipation and now has had peaks and valleys. In 1929, it probably would have been a peak... as that was about 15 years after Birth of a Nation was released. For those who may not be aware, the Ku Klux Klan disbanded in the 1870's. This movie depicted the KKK as heroes, and stirred fear of black people. As a result, the KKK was revived. Also, believe it or not, many states didn't have laws banning interracial marriage until this point. Dr. Suess definitely could have been among the many to get caught up in the moment.

Last edited by Rusty Jones; 05-30-2015 at 09:17 AM.

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